{"id":263377,"date":"2021-02-12T14:09:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=263377"},"modified":"2021-02-12T14:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:09:40","slug":"china-bans-bbc-world-news-from-broadcasting-in-that-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/china-bans-bbc-world-news-from-broadcasting-in-that-country\/","title":{"rendered":"China bans BBC World News from broadcasting in that country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-263378\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BBC-642x346.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BBC-642x346.png 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BBC-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BBC-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BBC-640x345.png 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BBC.png 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>China has criticised the BBC for its reporting on coronavirus and the persecution of ethnic minority Uighurs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The BBC said it was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; by the decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>It follows British media regulator Ofcom revoking state broadcaster China Global Television Network&#8217;s (CGTN) licence to broadcast in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Separately, the broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) said it would stop relaying BBC World Service programming in the region, prompting condemnation from the BBC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-56030340\">Read more on that story.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator announced on Thursday. 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